Tire



Oct. 2'; 1923. I 1,469,670 G. H. w. LINDHORST TIRE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 2'7 1922 Patented OctQZ, 1923. i

" GEORGE H. w. 'LI'ND'H ORST, 0F R t 4-' sma 3 Application filed October 27, 922. Serial No. 597,329.

To all whom'it-ma'y concern? Be it known that I, GEORGE HQVV. LIND- Honsr, a citizen of the United States, residiii at Grace, nthe countyjof-iSd yer ow and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements in the following is a speci- Tires, of which fication. 1

This invention has for its object, the provision of an automobile tire madeup .cofia plurality of metal sections arranged to unit- -edly form a tire casing, and in whichcasinf is arranged resilient means'for affording the tire the desired cushioning action,v and structed in accordance laced together.

at the same time dispensingwith the use of pneumatic inner tube. v The nature and advantages of the 'iiivention will-be better understood'when the fol lowing detailed description is read in con nect on with the accompanying drawings,

the invention residing in the construction,

COHlbiliiliLiOIhilDCl arrangement of parts as claimed. v

in the drawings forming part of'this application, like numerals of reference illparts inthe several views, and

dicate similar wherein Figure 1 is aside elevationof a tire conwith the present invention. j d r Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sec- ]tional view therethrough. V V

Figure 3is transverse sectional view t-al en on l ne 3;-3 of F gure 1.

Figure is afragmentaryplan view, of

the-tire shown in Figure 1.

igure 5 is a perspective View of one of he. metallic sections. v f i Figure 6 is a fragmentary view showing the manner in which i' The tire forming the subject matter of the resent invention is made'u of a, )luralit of metallic annular-shaped members 10, the

free "ends ofwhich are provided with slots: 11, which-rece ve the fasten ng: means for. .Lassoc1ating the. 11131111110. &11I1lllEiF-Sl12tl38d members with a metallic fband 12, The

' members 10 are; arranged 'e'nchto end in v the formation of-a tirecasing asshown, and the fastening elementsl which associate these members with the band 12,1alsoi associates the band with the tire carrying riin' 15.

The fastening elements pass through tubular.

scope of whatis claimed;

" hat I'claim i i 1. The combination with a riin, of ,a tire including a circumferential see the flexible casing is members16, which are interposed. between the'band12, and the tire carrying rim, spacing said parts ,7

Arranged within the tireicasing defined by the-metallic members 10, are spaced concentrically disposed bands '17 and. 18 respectively, and have associated therewith coiled springslt). These springs are ar ranged betwen the bands 17 and 18 and supply the tirewith all the: desired resiliency, and make it-possible to dispense with the use of a pneumatic inner tube. Conse quently, all tire trouble resultant from tire I trouble and punctures incident to the use of apneumatic tube-is done away with. Themetallic tire casing is covered by a fiexiblecasing 20, which may be constructed preferably secured to thestructure by means from .any suitable material, and the casing is ofleather, strips 21, which are passed through eyelets =22 along the edges ofthe casing, and passedabout the'tubular mem{ bers above referred to,'whi'ch space the band 12 from the tire carrying rim. If desired, the flexible casing may be provided with anti-skid devices 25, which are arranged 'to' extend transversely-across the-tread of the casing, and which devices are preferably in the nature of leather or rope pieces stitched lor otherwise suitably secured to the said casing.

Win16 a is believed that from the fore? going description, the nature and: advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to haveit understood that I do not limit'inyse1f to what isherein shown and described, and that such changes may resortedto when desired as b fall within the tire carrying ries elements projecting from the rim",,a*

jac'ent en'ds of each ember, being notched to receive the. adjacentelement, projecting from jthe "rim, with said ends overlapped,

coiled springs arranged within the'tire cas- 1112 and anon-metall c casingcoverjthe metallicc'asmg,

casing, made up of "a "plurality of metallic, members arranged end ':to"' end, each member =beingof annular formation, and spl t,'the ad- 1 :2. The coinbination'with a tire carrying rim, of a circumferential series of elements Y radiating from the rim, a casing made up of a plurality of metallic annular shaped to receive the adjacent element carried by the rim, spaced concentrically arranged bandsdisposed Within the tire casing, coiled springs interposed between said bands and holding the latter spaced apart, means connecting the corresponding ends of said springs to the adjacent elements carried by the metallic casing.

saidrimyanda non-metallic casing covering ln'testimonywhereof I aflix my signature. 7

GEORGE H. LINDHORST. 

